Key tourist routes receive green light for much-needed upgrades

Bartletts Road and Mount Warning Road in Tweed Shire to be upgraded as part of Richmond Roads Package

Package also includes repairs to Belongil Creek Bridge near Byron Bay

The Australian Government has approved $1.65 million for crucial upgrade projects in the Richmond electorate, delivering safer, more efficient roads for northern New South Wales communities.

Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester was in Tumbulgum today to inspect Bartletts Road, which will soon be upgraded.

“At the 2016 election, the Government promised funding for six road upgrades across the electorate of Richmond, and today's announcement delivers on the first three of these priority projects,” Mr Chester said.

“The $750,000 Bartletts Road upgrade will help the road cope with heavy vehicle traffic through the area and improve safety while reducing operating costs, noise and pollution by diverting heavy vehicles off Tweed Valley Way.